Parents traded sex with daughter for minivan 1
Dad raped 5 daughters, had 6 kids with them 2
Mom drives kids to revenge beating 3
Wednesday, Mar. 10 2010 @ 4:47PM
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​All 16-year-old Neil Beagley suffered from was a urinary tract blockage. It's usually easily treated, but his parents are members of the Followers of Christ Church in Oregon, a religious sect known for killing its children through medical neglect...

Tags: Oregon, Religion
By Pete Kotz in Child Abuse, Stalking, assault, homicide
Wednesday, Mar. 10 2010 @ 12:42PM
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​28-year-old Laura Milvey knew her husband would come for her. She'd fled New Mexico with her three children to hide in Oklahoma City from her 34-year-old husband, George Rodriguez. But she told neighbors he would show up one day...

Wednesday, Mar. 10 2010 @ 11:08AM
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​So far, it seems Josh Powell has gotten away with murdering his wife in suburban Salt Lake City. Susan Powell went missing three months ago after Josh claimed to have taken their young boys out camping at midnight in freezing temperatures...

Tags: Utah, Washington
By Pete Kotz in Sex crimes, homicide
Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 11:05AM
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​UPDATE: It appears Carina Schlesinger was a former model and trophy wife suffocating under mounting debts. She's believed to have killed Daniel Cresci days before she set fire to her house and shot herself. See update after the jump...

Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 9:00AM
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What Wouldn't Jesus Do? is back with your weekly reminder that just because someone claims to be a man of God, doesn't mean he is. Take Ross Kleman. For years, Kleman traveled throughout Canada, offering his services as a preacher, until he was arrested for murdering a 14-year-old girl...

Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 4:28AM

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​According to Texas officials, the violence between drug cartels has gotten so bad they're warning spring breakers to stay out of Mexico. Whether it's daylight shoot-outs or firefights resembling military actions, the land south of the border has become too dangerous...

By Pete Kotz in Child Abuse, bizarre, homicide
Monday, Mar. 8 2010 @ 8:01PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Alyssa Bustamante confessed to killing 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten to see "what it felt like." (See original story here.) Her lawyer wants her to wear her own clothes to court. Is that a good idea, asks the Riverfront Times?

Monday, Mar. 8 2010 @ 2:55PM

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​Describing the divorce of Peter and Susan Williams as "bitter" would be an understatement. For the past year, they've been fighting over custody of their four children -- ages 11 to 19 -- as well as the assets of his lucrative fence company...

Tags: New York
By Pete Kotz in Douchebags, bizarre, homicide, kidnapping
Monday, Mar. 8 2010 @ 1:24PM
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​On February 20, 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty, a mentally retarded woman with the mind of a young teen, was turned on by six of her supposed friends. They beat her, forced her to drink urine and eat feces, and tortured her over a 33-hour period...

Tags: Pennsylvania
Monday, Mar. 8 2010 @ 9:00AM

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​In this installment of Douchebags of the Week, cult leader "Queen Antoinette" learns that starving babies to death can be bad for their health. But first let's wave politely to this week's Douchebag parting contestants...